When Should I Start Nicotine Replacement Therapy?

When you quit - there's no wait-period between your last cigarette and starting the patch.

While smokers do consider using NRT while smoking, an unchecked schedule of combining cigarettes with additional nicotine might cause an overdose on nicotine, leading to complications in heart and blood circulation. However, NRT products are designed to simulate the amount of nicotine you were getting while smoking.

Nicotine Replacement Precautions

Don't think you'll "need a strong dose" to get through the rough days; you're knowing overdosing yourself. And that can lead to

The quitters amongst India's 12 crore smokers may benefit from a possible subsidy on Nicotine Replacement Therapy after a proposal from the Union health Ministry official told TOI after the WHO included NRT in it's essential medicines list, and acknowledged the high cost of NRT as a deterrent to quitting.

According to Dr K Srinath Reddy, head of India's Public Health Foundation of India, "NRT act as a bridge to cessation. It has to be doubled with strong counseling. Cost is a major factor why NRTs haven't caught on in India. They have around 15% efficacy. Reducing their price will get more Indians trying to quit smoking to use NRT. But India has to increase its tobacco cessation centers. Now, there are only 19 across India." (MensXP.com).